Canadian Poets

• A. J. M. Smith
• Agnes Walsh
• Ajmer Rode
• Al Purdy
• Alice Major
• Andreas Schroeder
• Andy Quan
• Angela Rawlings
• Anne Carson
• Anne Compton
• Anne Michaels
• Anne Simpson
• Anne Szumigalski
• Annie Louisa WalkerAnnie Louisa Walker best famous poems and poetry
• April Severin
• Archibald Lampman
• Barry Dempster
• Barry McKinnon
• Ben Phillips
• Betsy Struthers
• Beverley Daurio
• Bill Bauer
• Billie Livingston
• Birk Sproxton
• Bliss Carman
• Brian Fawcett
• Brian Henderson, Poet
• Bronwen Wallace
• Bruce Hunter
• Bruce Meyer
• Bruce Ross
• Bruce Taylor
• Caitlin Heggie
• Candas Dorsey
• Carmine Starnino
• Carolyn Zonailo
• Catherine Hunter
• Catherine Sabourin
• Charles G.D. Roberts
• Chris Banks
• Chris Faiers
• Chris G. Vaillancourt
• Christian Bök
• Christopher Dewdney
• Claire Harris
• Colin Morton
• Condello Christophe
• Cornelia Hoogland
• Dani Couture
• Daniel David Moses
• Daphne Marlatt
• Darren Wershler-Henry
• David Fraser
• David Margoshes
• David McFadden
• David Solway
• Dawud Wharnsby Ali
• Dennis Lee
• Derek R. Audette
• Di Brandt
• Diane Tucker
• Don Domanski
• Don McKay
• Donna Allard
• Dorothy Livesay
• Douglas LePan
• Douglas Lochhead
• Duncan Campbell ScottDuncan Campbell Scott best famous poems and poetry
• Dwayne Morgan
• E. J. Pratt
• E. Pauline Johnson
• Earle Birney
• Elisabeth Harvor
• Elizabeth SmartElizabeth Smart Best famous poems and poetry
• Emile Nelligan
• Eric Layman
• Erin MoureErin Moure best poems and poetry
• Esta Spalding
• Evelyn Lau
• Evie Christie
• F. R. Scott
• Frank Davey
• Fred Cogswell
• Gary Barwin
• Genni Gunn
• George Bowering
• George Murray
• Gilles Vigneault
• Gordon Downie
• Gurcharan Rampuri
• Gwendolyn MacEwen
• Henry Beissel
• Hugh MacDonald
• Irving Layton
• Jacques Brault
• Jacques Godbout
• James Deahl
• James McIntyre
• James Reaney
• Jamie Reid
• Jan Conn
• Jan Zwicky
• Jane Olivier
• Jeff Bien
• Jennifer Ailles
• Jill Hartman
• Joanne Arnott
• John B. Lee
• John Lent
• John McCraeJohn McCrae best poems and poetry
• John Newlove
• John Steffler
• John Stiles
• Joseph Sherman
• Joy Kogawa
• Judith Fitzgerald
• Karen Connelly
• Karen Solie
• Keith Garebian
• Ken Babstock
• Ken Belford
• Kevin Matthews
• Kevin Taylor
• Kildare Dobbs
• Kim Maltman
• Kim Morrissey
• Laurie Block
• Leona Gom
• Leonard Cohen
• Linda Rogers
• Lionel Kearns
• Lisa Robertson
• Lorna Crozier
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn
• Lucio Reinaldo Muñoz Toledo
• Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery best poems and poetry
• Lynn Crosbie
• Magie Dominic
• Margaret Atwood
• Margaret Avison
• Marilyn Bowering
• Marilyn Dumont
• Mark StrandMark Strand best poems and poetry
• Mark Truscott
• Marty Gervais
• Mary di Michele
• Michael Ondaatje
• Michael V. Smith
• Milton AcornWidely acknowledged to be Prince Edward Island's greatest poet, Milton Acorn was born in Charlottetown in 1923 and died there in 1986. He was a significant contributor to the Canadian literary scene of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, friends with such literary notables as Al Purdy, Eli Mandel, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton and Patrick Lane. The original "People's Poet," Acorn received a medal and cash prize from his peers at Toronto's Grossman's Tavern in 1970 when his selected poems, I've Tasted My Blood, failed to win the Governor General's Award. He went on to receive Canada's highest literary honour for The Island Means Minago, published in 1975. Acorn was the author of ten books of poetry, and, with Cedric Smith, he co-authored the play, The Road to Charlottetown. Although he lived in various Canadian cities during his lifetime, Acorn's finely tuned homing instincts always brought him back to "The Island."
• Miriam Waddington
• Muhammad Shanazar
• Nancy Bauer
• Navtej Bharati
• Neile Graham
• Nico Mara-McKay
• Nicole Brossard
• Nicole Markotic
• Olive Senior
• P. K. Page
• Pamelia Sarah Vining
• Patrick Friesen
• Patrick J. Connors
• Patrick Lane
• Paul Hartal
• Paul Vermeersch
• Paulette Jiles
• Penn Kemp
• Peter Sanger
• Peter Trower
• Phyllis Gotlieb
• Phyllis Webb
• R.D. Roy
• Ralph Gustafson
• Raymond Fraser
• Raymond Souster
• Rhea Tregebov
• Ricardo Sternberg
• Richard Stevenson
• Richard Tylman
• Rob Winger
• Robert Billings
• Robert Bringhurst
• Robert Hilles
• Robert Priest
• Robert Stanley Weir
• Robert W. Service
• Rod Anderson
• Roland Bastien
• Ronnie R. Brown
• Roo Borson
• Ross Leckie
• Roy McDonald
• Roy Miki
• Ruth Taylor
• Sandra Alland
• Sarah Klassen
• Seymour Mayne
• Shane Koyczan
• Shannon Bramer
• Sharon Thesen
• Shaunt Basmajian
• Smaro Kamboureli
• Snowdon King
• Spiros Zafiris
• Stephanie Bolster
• Stephen Scobie
• Steve McCaffery
• Steve McOrmond
• Steven Heighton
• Stuart Ross
• Sue Goyette
• Sue Sinclair
• Surjeet Kalsey
• Susan Ioannou
• Susan McMaster
• Susan Musgrave
• Suzanne Jacob
• Ted Plantos
• Theodore Harding Rand
• Thomas Cowherd
• Tim Lander
• Tim Lilburn
• Todd H. C. Fischer
• Tracy Repchuk
• Trish Shields
• Victor Schwartzmann
• Vinko Kalinic
• Wayne Ray
• Zachariah Wells
• bill bissett
• bpNichol
• paulo da costa